| Chapter 103 |
1 | For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:
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2 | and art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:
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3 | who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.
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4 | Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.
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5 | Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.
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6 | The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.
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7 | At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.
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8 | The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.
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9 | Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.
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10 | Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.
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11 | All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.
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12 | Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.
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13 | Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:
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14 | Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth:
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15 | and that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.
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16 | The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted:
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17 | there the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.
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18 | The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.
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19 | He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
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20 | Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all the beasts of the woods go about:
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21 | The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their meat from God.
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22 | The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.
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23 | Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.
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24 | How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.
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25 | So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great.
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26 | There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.
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27 | All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.
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28 | What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.
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29 | But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.
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30 | Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
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31 | May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
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32 | He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
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33 | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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34 | Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.
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35 | Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.
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